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Amy Butler's new book, Style Stitches

Celebrated designer Amy Butler's most coveted products are her handbag sewing patterns. In Style Stitches, Butler presents an array of new bag designs for her fans across the globe. The book offers 12 basic patterns with enough variations to achieve 26 unique looks. Ranging from chic clutches and delicate wristlets to pretty hobo bags and handy coin purses, with instructions for altering dimensions, straps, and embellishments to get the desired look, each project incorporates Butler's fresh, modern style and attention to detail. With illustrated step-by-step directions, a comprehensive techniques section, and a bound-in pocket filled with the patterns themselves, Style Stitches is an essential and fashionable addition to every sewer's library.

Laurie Shifrin

With these 29 dazzling and delightful projects, you'll discover the amazing world of batiks - the rich colours, the exotic prints, and the dramatic effects you can create with really quite straightforward patterns. With full-colour illustrations and simple how-to instructions, as well as loads of hints and tips, this volume has everything you need to start making beautiful batik quilts right away.

Susan Briscoe

400 tips, techniques and trade secrets for making quilts

Book Description

An indispensable compendium of technical know-how and troubleshooting tips.

Discover all the tips and special techniques you need to make that special quilting project – plus the trade secrets that will make it stand out from the rest. Step-by-step diagrams and instructions guide you through every step of making a quilt, whether you are new to thecraft or wish to take your patchworking and quilting skills to a higher level. All the most popular techniques are explained in detail, with a host of troubleshooting ideas that show how to put them into practice.

Book Contents

Prelims, Introduction, About This Book, Choosing Equipment, Choosing and Preparing Fabrics, Colour Confidence, Understanding Quilt Patterns (and Designing Your Own), Cutting, Patchwork Techniques, Appliqué and Embellishment Techniques, Choosing Batting and Basting the Quilt, Quilting Designs and Techniques, Binding the Quilt, Exhibition Tips, Resources, Index and Credits

About The Author
Susan Briscoe is a textile designer, author and teacher, specializing in sashiko and Japanese textile design. After graduating in visual art and design, Susan worked as an English teacher in Japan, where she also studied the tea ceremony, traditional textiles, and kimono design and tailoring. Susan has created design kits for Japanese patchwork fabrics, published textile projects in books and magazines, and demonstrates her work at quilt and textile shows.

Tone Finnanger

Includes 30 fun sewing and papercraft projects that show how to create the cutest characters. This title features rabbits, birds, frogs, cats and an array of other creatures. 64 pages

Julie Davis & Anne Muxworthy

Easy Japanese Quilt Style" is the perfect book for quilters of all abilities who want to introduce Japanese style into their homes with ingenious quick-to-stitch projects. Anyone who loves beautiful Japanese fabrics will have plenty of excuses to indulge, with 10 projects, ranging from bags to wall hangings, plus several variations. The projects evoke the simplicity of traditional Japanese decor by using well-known pieced patterns, such as fan blocks and strip quilts, together with charming applique. Easy-to-follow step instructions and diagrams offer clever ways to use panels and large-scale patterns to best effect, with helpful advice on fabric choice throughout.

Fran Iverson Gonzalez

An Easy Learning Gude for Electric Quilt 6. Let the world's most experienced beginner-level EQ teacher hold your hand as you learn EQ6. Sit down at your computer. Open Fran's book, and let her eight fun lessons teach you how to use tools that will open a whole world of original quilt designing.

Mary Mashuta

Learn to use your walking foot; paper-cut patterns for no marking, no maths, simple stitching for stunning results.

Nancy Halvorsen

The memory of my grandma's beautiful garden was the inspiration for these bright and wonderful projects. The ten projects include a quilt 59" x 80", aprons, tea towels, hot pad, pillows, table runner, mug cozies, panel quilt 39" x 58", garden stake banners.

Suzanne McNeil

Use a Strip Roll or 2-1/2" strips. You'll love this 'Quilt of the Month' made with a 'Jelly Roll'. Dive in and make something exciting!

Available now.

Quilts En Provence features 20 projects to suit all skill levels by Kaffe Fassett and his designers: Roberta Horton, Mary Mashuta, Liza Prior Lucy, Pauline Smith, Brandon Mably, Sally Davis, Judy Baldwin and Ruth Eglington.

Free copy of Seven Easy Pieces (4057, £7.95) with each order whilst stocks last.

20 quilts from Kaffe Fassett and his chosen designers, photographed at Portmeirion, Clough Williams-Ellis's renowned Italianate village in Wales.

Pam & Nicky Lintott

Discover how to make clever quilts with layer cakes, jelly rolls and charm packs that are a million miles from simple strip quilts or scrap charm quilts. Seventeen beautiful projects, from lap quilts to full-sized, show you how to get the most from irresistible pre-cut fabric bundles. Each quilt is made from one jelly roll, layer cake or charm pack (or a combination of these items) making the projects both quick and economical. It includes exciting blocks with stars, triangles and even machine-pieced hexagons. Using the latest fabrics, including delightful collections from Moda, each project consists of a main quilt and an alternative colourway, giving added versatility. Simple step-by-step instructions and illustrations make creating stunning quilts from these desirable fabric bundles accessible to quilters of all abilities.

26 Handmade projects to sew, stitch, quilt & love

26 one-of-a-kind projects, from artistic to folksy to whimsical
The variety of materials and embellishments is sure to inspire you to make every bird in the book
These little sweeties make delightful gifts…and the perfect pets!
Beginner-friendly projects work well with scraps, fat quarters, and upcycled fabrics
This adorable book is all about the birds! From budgies to owls to peacocks, these projects will pique your curiosity and make your heart sing! Many talented designers bring you soft sculptures, quilts, ornaments, and more

Marti Michell

Marti has published a book to complement her Log Cabin rulers . It includes tips and tricks, detailed instructions for cutting with the rulers, full-size patterns and how-to’s for making 14 quilts in a variety of styles. 72 pages, full colour.

Marti Michell

Marti has continually strived for ideas and techniques that make patchwork and quilting easier and more enjoyable. In her new book, Machine Quilting in Sections, she explains her idea of “low-carb quilting”, which aims to reduce the bulk of a quilt as much as posssible and so make it easier to machine quilt (the picture left shows a quilt produced in sections by this method).

Added in June 2005

Carolyn Forster

If you love piecing but dread the thought of marking and stitching a full-size quilt, try Carolyn's version of quilt-as-you-go. She explains how to piece and quilt in sections so that once you are ready to join the blocks most of the quilting is already done.

Nancy Halvorsen

Everything necessary and fun for organizing your sewing space. 16 projects, including pincushions, needle wallets, scissor chatelaines, a sewing basket, scissor fobs, project tote bags and more!

Spread the Christmas spirit throughout your home with this collection of over 35 fun and festive projects.

Create beautiful yuletide accessories that enhance your home using stunningly simple but incredibly effective techniques. A Christmassy colour palette and lovable designs combine to create a festive and fun collection of over 35 projects.

Easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous colour photographs and delightful illustrations accompany each project.

With ideas for the entire home from the kitchen to children's bedrooms everyone will find a project they adore, spreading a unique Christmas atmosphere throughout your house.

Over 50 delightful projects that blend timeless seaside charm with effortless country elegance.

C Taylor Oates

12 designs and instructions for making'slouchy bags' including the "Taylor Made Bag"

Alex Anderson

Make Your First Quilt a Success!

• Alex guides you every step of the way as you learn to plan, cut, piece, quilt, and bind your quilt
• Get started with 8 easy, beautiful projects
• Expanded edition includes new projects, more quilt sizes, and lots of helpful new tips and shortcuts

So you want to make a quilt, but can't tell a rotary cutter from a seam ripper? Alex Anderson has helped a quarter million quilters learn to quilt. She'll get you quilting in no time-and loving it!

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Lisa Lam

This is the first book and resource of it kind - a technique led approach to sewing your own designer bags and designer purses. It introduces, explains and demonstrates the myriad materials, hardware, tools and techniques available to the modern crafter, including using the sewing machine. Each fully illustrated chapter ends with a unique, step-by-step project that builds the ultimate handbag wardrobe, with tips for customisation. Full size patterns on a separate pull-out section mean readers can get started right away - no photocopying or enlarging required. It includes instructions to make a funky laptop bag, book bags, a messenger bag, shoulder bags and more.

Jinny Beyer

This visual encyclopedia of quilt block designs provides quilters, designers, researchers and patchwork enthusiasts with a comprehensive tool for finding, identifying, and drafting more than 4050 unique block designs. World-renowned quilter Jinny Beyer has categorized the designs in a way that eliminates duplicates and allows quilters to understand exactly how each block is successfully pieced. Jinny has analyzed all designs in terms of the grid on which they are drawn, making it easy for quilters to recreate the blocks in any size or color scheme desired. Imagine-more than 4050 unique designs to choose from for your next quilt!

* More than 4050 quilt block patterns, categorized by grid design
* Beautiful fabric-filled illustrations of each design
* Photographs of quilts, showing design layouts and block repeats
* Line drawings for every block, showing how each is constructed
* Step-by-step help on drafting blocks to any size
* Quick Reference sections for easy comparison of similar blocks
* Chapter on design ideas to inspire your next quilt
* Detailed bibliography and indexes
* Transparency sheets with 32 common design grids

Spring and summer are just around the corner and now's the time to start creating lighter and brighter surroundings. At this time of year it feels natural to create with playful colours, capturing the essence of spring and summer. In this book you will find ideas for Kitchen and Garden angels, a number of different garlands, traditional Swedish Dala horses and various papercraft ideas to help bring some sun and summer into your home!

Pam and Nicky Lintott

Learn how to make stylish and economical quilts out of just half a Jelly Roll with these easy-to-follow quilt patterns. Each chapter features two quilt designs made from just one Jelly Roll, using twenty strips of fabric for one and twenty strips of fabric for the other. The quilts make great throws, lap quilts, wall hangings, cot quilts and play mats. And any of the designs can be adapted to make larger bed quilts by following the simple instructions given. Quilters are not limited by the availability of the Jelly Rolls featured as they can cut their own twenty strips from their fabric stash, and follow the step by step instructions and diagrams.

Nancy Halvorsen

A range of gifts, keepsakes and organizers for new borns.

Pages: 36
Format: Softback
Publisher: Art To Heart